The Photo Atlas Podcast and

South Park Music Festival

The Photo Atlas are about to embark on a crazy whirlwind tour (they are playing South Park)and have a new label w/Miss Ultragrrrl ‘s label Stolen Transmission. Available via the DP, and that’s Denver Post you sicko’s…..

It’s been a goliath year for The Photo Atlas, and the dance-punk band talks with Post pop music critic Ricardo Baca in this week’s Local Scene podcast about life in the spotlight, its record deal with Stolen Transmission and what the future holds (hint: lots of touring).
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South Park Music Fest this Weekend

The Denver Post will be hosting a Prom Party this Friday night @ the South Park Music Festival , think SXSW in the mountains is what I’m told. For all of you locals reading , the event is free, so no excuses….

The Denver Post Presents “South Park Prom Party”supported by ManiaTV.com South Park High School 640 Hathaway Road , Fairplay, CO 80440 FREE Admission :: 6pm-Midnight :: ALL AGES!

The South Park Prom PartyHosted by Ricardo Baca from the Denver Post, and featuring performances by…
7pm- 7:45pm
Everything Absent or Distorted (A Love Story)
Listen > Still Life with Mac… :: Denver, CO:: (Needlepoint Records)
See them because: “One of the Best Selling CDs in Denver” — Twist and Shout Records ” I was having an awful day…some one said ‘f*ck you’ to me this morning for no reason, my ladyfriend left town for the weekend, I’m broke, and my lunch was terrible…but THEN…I put on Everything Absent or Distorted…and holy crap. My day just flipped around…beautiful, f*ckin a. Just so you know.“ — Music Director, KCWU We contemplated immediate retirement after reading this. To what greater height can a band aspire than to change a life for a day? It’s this way we all should live… Love, Everything Absent or Distorted (A Love Story)
8pm-8:45pm
The Dirty Novels
Listen > Show Me :: Albuquerque, NM :: (independent)
See them because: Welcome to the Glam Side of Life, where music is king, kisses are currency and flirting is mandated by law. This is where The Dirty Novels call home. Here you share the stage with legendery rockers MC5 as well as newer sensations like Von Bondies and Kings of Leon. But you dont stop there. No, far from it. More than just a crush, it’s love at first sight (or listen?). The Dirty Novels bring you hip-shaking, love-making rhythms that can’t be beat.
Dig The Dirty Novels- boleros del amor electrico.
9pm-9:45pm
Conner
Listen > Floating on Error :: Lawrence, KS :: (Sonic Boom)
See them because: Soon they received, justly, comparisons to The Strokes, The Clash and Built to Spill. Their debut album, Hello Graphic Missile (Sonic Boom Recordings) is astounding, a clever but substantial collection of uncommonly catchy songs that displays the capacity of Conner’s fine-tuned rock.
Few bands are this open-eyed to the chance that music can be both strangely tricky and easily remembered. In addition, making any record that sounds different from anything else is a triumph in itself. A triumph of intense, eerie, and compelling songs. Tempting, isn’t it?
10pm-10:45pm
The Thieves (UK)
Listen > You Get it Easy :: Oxford, England :: (Liquor & Poker/Century Media)
See them because: “Formed in Oxford, England, in 1999, and started snatching the British spotlight with their backward-reaching but tuneful rock soon after. Local shows and a self-produced demo prompted the BBC to come calling by the early 2000s” — All Music Guide
“Oxford, England trio the Thieves pickpocket the room with a lethal mix of AC/DC, the Who and the MC5, causing the Holy Moleys to resemble an inflamed mole on the ass cheek of Jello Biafra.” — Las Vegas City Life
11pm-11:45pm
The Hot IQs
Listen > Firecracker :: Denver, CO :: (Morning After/spinART Records)
See them because: Lead singer Eli Mishkin’s haunting voice croons like twice-removed English royalty, only not pretentious. Bryan Feuctinger’s breathy back-up falsettos, too, are soulful coos, loving whispers, patient adornments. Elaine Acosta’s drums snap and ting. She blows bubbles (gum) while playing.
“Tight, bright and more hook-laden than a pirate ship, this attitude-heavy indie trio defies logic with songs that sound both instantly familiar and refreshingly weird. “– John Wenzel, Dever Post